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Y-12 Historian Ray Smith is retiring

Posted at 9:07 pm October 28, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Ray Smith, Y-12 National Security Complex historian and city historian, announces a book published posthumously that was written by Bill Wilcox, a former city historian, former technical director at K-25 and Y-12, and a passionate advocate for historic preservation, including the history of the former K-25 site. Smith announced the book at a ceremony unveiling plans for a K-25 History Center on the second floor of the city-owned fire station at the the former K-25 site, now known as East Tennessee Technology Park on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Ray Smith is retiring as Y-12 National Security Complex historian on Nov. 22, 2017. Smith is pictured above during a ceremony for the K-25 History Center at East Tennessee Technology Park on Thursday, Oct. 19. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Y-12 National Security Complex Historian Ray Smith is retiring. Smith said he has been at Y-12 for 47 years, and he is retiring November 22.

Besides being Y-12 historian, Smith is also City of Oak Ridge historian and history columnist for The Oak Ridger newspaper, where he writes “Historically Speaking.” In 2012, he testified during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the legislation to create the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington.

Smith has been Y-12 historian for about 10 years. He has also been a maintenance manager at Y-12.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed it,” Smith said this week.

After an overseas trip in August, Smith said he wants to travel with his wife Fanny.

“Fanny and I went to Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, and that made my decision,” Smith said.

Smith, who is a Vietnam veteran, said he will continue to write and be the Oak Ridge historian. He is vice president of the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, and he was recently appointed to the Tennessee Historical Commission. He is a local leader helping to preserve the city’s history. He was friends with Bill Wilcox, the previous city historian who wrote a history of the former K-25 site that has been published posthumously with help from family members, Smith, and the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Oak Ridge historian, Ray Smith, Secret City: The Oak Ridge Story, Tennessee Historical Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 historian, Y-12 History Center, Y-12 National Security Complex

New film on former ORNL Director Weinberg has premiere on April 23

Posted at 2:56 am April 1, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Alvin Weinberg Poster

The world premiere of a new film on the life of former Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Alvin Weinberg will be held on Thursday, April 23, at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. The film was written and directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker and Oak Ridge resident Keith McDaniel.

Although McDaniel has written and directed more than a dozen documentary films, he is generally best known for his films “Secret City: The Oak Ridge Story” and “The Clinton 12.”

According to McDaniel, the biographical documentary entitled “Alvin Weinberg” explores the life of the internationally renowned nuclear scientist.

“I didn’t know Dr. Weinberg very well although I did interview him a couple of years prior to his death,” McDaniel said. “His was a fascinating life. In making this film, I wanted to not only tell stories of his professional achievements but I also wanted to show what Dr. Weinberg was like as a person.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Movies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alvin Weinberg, Alvin Weinberg Memorial Fund, American Museum of Science and Energy, American Nuclear Society, AMSE, Bill Burch, CapitalMark Bank and Trust, Clinton 12, Connor Matthews, Crosland Southeast, Dave Hobson, Dave Reister, documentary, Dr. Seaton Garrett, Fran Silver, Friends of ORNL, Howard Baker, John Auxier, Keith McDaniel, Matt Shafer Powell, Murray Rosenthal, nuclear scientist, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pat Postma, Payson “Rick” Lyon, Ray Wymer, Richard Weinberg, Secret City Films, Secret City: The Oak Ridge Story, Shigeko Uppuluri, Steve Stow, Tennessee Valley Authority, The Alvin Weinberg Memorial Committee, The Clinton 12, Tom Row, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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